diff --git a/Duplicati/CommandLine/RecoveryTool/Duplicati.CommandLine.RecoveryTool.csproj b/Duplicati/CommandLine/RecoveryTool/Duplicati.CommandLine.RecoveryTool.csproj
index 6a21e8313..53796323f 100644
--- a/Duplicati/CommandLine/RecoveryTool/Duplicati.CommandLine.RecoveryTool.csproj
+++ b/Duplicati/CommandLine/RecoveryTool/Duplicati.CommandLine.RecoveryTool.csproj
@@ -171,6 +171,10 @@
       <Project>{B20A7CEE-9C5B-47B9-8B76-BC85ADFE8493}</Project>
       <Name>Duplicati.Library.Backend.Dropbox</Name>
     </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\Library\IO\Duplicati.Library.IO.csproj">
+      <Project>{D63E53E4-A458-4C2F-914D-92F715F58ACF}</Project>
+      <Name>Duplicati.Library.IO</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <EmbeddedResource Include="help.txt" />
diff --git a/Duplicati/CommandLine/RecoveryTool/Restore.cs b/Duplicati/CommandLine/RecoveryTool/Restore.cs
index c74167200..de966c415 100644
--- a/Duplicati/CommandLine/RecoveryTool/Restore.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/CommandLine/RecoveryTool/Restore.cs
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ using System;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
-
+using Duplicati.Library.IO;
+
 namespace Duplicati.CommandLine.RecoveryTool
 {
     public static class Restore
@@ -148,7 +149,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.CommandLine.RecoveryTool
                 Console.WriteLine("Restoring {0} files to {1}", filecount, string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(targetpath) ? "original position" : targetpath);
 
                 if (Library.Utility.Utility.IsClientLinux || largestprefix.Length > 0)
-                    largestprefix = Library.Utility.Utility.AppendDirSeparator(largestprefix);
+                    largestprefix = Util.AppendDirSeparator(largestprefix);
 
                 if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(largestprefix))
                     Console.WriteLine("Removing common prefix {0} from files", largestprefix);
diff --git a/Duplicati/GUI/Duplicati.GUI.TrayIcon/Duplicati.GUI.TrayIcon.csproj b/Duplicati/GUI/Duplicati.GUI.TrayIcon/Duplicati.GUI.TrayIcon.csproj
index 7023768d3..adc121222 100644
--- a/Duplicati/GUI/Duplicati.GUI.TrayIcon/Duplicati.GUI.TrayIcon.csproj
+++ b/Duplicati/GUI/Duplicati.GUI.TrayIcon/Duplicati.GUI.TrayIcon.csproj
@@ -78,12 +78,18 @@
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="gdk-sharp, Version=2.12.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=35e10195dab3c99f">
       <HintPath>..\..\..\thirdparty\appindicator-sharp\gdk-sharp.dll</HintPath>
+      <Package>gtk-sharp-2.0</Package>
     </Reference>
     <Reference Include="gtk-sharp, Version=2.12.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=35e10195dab3c99f">
       <HintPath>..\..\..\thirdparty\appindicator-sharp\gtk-sharp.dll</HintPath>
+      <Package>gtk-sharp-2.0</Package>
+    </Reference>
+    <Reference Include="glib-sharp, Version=2.12.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=35e10195dab3c99f">
+      <Package>glib-sharp-2.0</Package>
+    </Reference>
+    <Reference Include="atk-sharp, Version=2.12.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=35e10195dab3c99f">
+      <Package>gtk-sharp-2.0</Package>
     </Reference>
-    <Reference Include="glib-sharp, Version=2.12.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=35e10195dab3c99f" />
-    <Reference Include="atk-sharp, Version=2.12.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=35e10195dab3c99f" />
     <Reference Include="MonoMac">
       <HintPath>..\..\..\thirdparty\MonoMac\MonoMac.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
@@ -334,6 +340,10 @@
       <Project>{0797AA22-C5DD-4950-BB60-34765AB8C6DD}</Project>
       <Name>Duplicati.Tools</Name>
     </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\Library\IO\Duplicati.Library.IO.csproj">
+      <Project>{D63E53E4-A458-4C2F-914D-92F715F58ACF}</Project>
+      <Name>Duplicati.Library.IO</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <BootstrapperPackage Include=".NETFramework,Version=v4.0">
diff --git a/Duplicati/GUI/Duplicati.GUI.TrayIcon/HttpServerConnection.cs b/Duplicati/GUI/Duplicati.GUI.TrayIcon/HttpServerConnection.cs
index 167010c18..8a7615b23 100644
--- a/Duplicati/GUI/Duplicati.GUI.TrayIcon/HttpServerConnection.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/GUI/Duplicati.GUI.TrayIcon/HttpServerConnection.cs
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Net;
 using System.Text;
+using Duplicati.Library.IO;
 using Duplicati.Server.Serialization;
 using Duplicati.Server.Serialization.Interface;
 
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.GUI.TrayIcon
 
         public HttpServerConnection(Uri server, string password, bool saltedpassword, Program.PasswordSource passwordSource, bool disableTrayIconLogin, Dictionary<string, string> options)
         {
-            m_baseUri = Duplicati.Library.Utility.Utility.AppendDirSeparator(server.ToString(), "/");
+            m_baseUri = Util.AppendDirSeparator(server.ToString(), "/");
 
             m_apiUri = m_baseUri + "api/v1";
 
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/AutoUpdater/Duplicati.Library.AutoUpdater.csproj b/Duplicati/Library/AutoUpdater/Duplicati.Library.AutoUpdater.csproj
index 99c1279a9..2588f027f 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/AutoUpdater/Duplicati.Library.AutoUpdater.csproj
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/AutoUpdater/Duplicati.Library.AutoUpdater.csproj
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@
       <Project>{4D012CB1-4B92-47F4-89B7-BF80A73A2E99}</Project>
       <Name>Duplicati.License</Name>
     </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\IO\Duplicati.Library.IO.csproj">
+      <Project>{D63E53E4-A458-4C2F-914D-92F715F58ACF}</Project>
+      <Name>Duplicati.Library.IO</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <EmbeddedResource Include="AutoUpdateAppName.txt" />
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/AutoUpdater/Program.cs b/Duplicati/Library/AutoUpdater/Program.cs
index d02781dd4..fd9d31ba1 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/AutoUpdater/Program.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/AutoUpdater/Program.cs
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
 using System;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
-
+using Duplicati.Library.IO;
+
 namespace Duplicati.Library.AutoUpdater
 {
     public static class Program
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.AutoUpdater
                     {
                         var versions = UpdaterManager.FindInstalledVersions();
                         var selfdir = System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location);
-                        if (string.Equals(Library.Utility.Utility.AppendDirSeparator(selfdir), Library.Utility.Utility.AppendDirSeparator(UpdaterManager.InstalledBaseDir)))
+                        if (string.Equals(Util.AppendDirSeparator(selfdir), Util.AppendDirSeparator(UpdaterManager.InstalledBaseDir)))
                             versions = versions.Union(new KeyValuePair<string, UpdateInfo>[] { new KeyValuePair<string, UpdateInfo>(selfdir, UpdaterManager.SelfVersion) });
                         Console.WriteLine(string.Join(Environment.NewLine, versions.Select(x => string.Format(" {0} {1} ({2})", (x.Value.Version == UpdaterManager.SelfVersion.Version ? "*" : "-"), x.Value.Displayname, x.Value.Version))));
                         return 0;
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.AutoUpdater
                     {
                         var versions = UpdaterManager.FindInstalledVersions();
                         var selfdir = System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location);
-                        if (string.Equals(Library.Utility.Utility.AppendDirSeparator(selfdir), Library.Utility.Utility.AppendDirSeparator(UpdaterManager.InstalledBaseDir)))
+                        if (string.Equals(Util.AppendDirSeparator(selfdir), Util.AppendDirSeparator(UpdaterManager.InstalledBaseDir)))
                             versions = versions.Union(new KeyValuePair<string, UpdateInfo>[] { new KeyValuePair<string, UpdateInfo>(selfdir, UpdaterManager.SelfVersion) });
 
                         Console.WriteLine(string.Join(Environment.NewLine, versions.Select(x => string.Format(" {0} {1} ({2}): {3}", (x.Value.Version == UpdaterManager.SelfVersion.Version ? "*" : "-"), x.Value.Displayname, x.Value.Version, UpdaterManager.VerifyUnpackedFolder(x.Key, x.Value) ? "Valid" : "*** Modified ***"))));
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/AutoUpdater/UpdaterManager.cs b/Duplicati/Library/AutoUpdater/UpdaterManager.cs
index 961d122e3..be0b9d890 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/AutoUpdater/UpdaterManager.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/AutoUpdater/UpdaterManager.cs
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Duplicati.Library.Interface;
-
+using Duplicati.Library.IO;
+
 namespace Duplicati.Library.AutoUpdater
 {
     public enum AutoUpdateStrategy
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.AutoUpdater
                 var attempts = new List<string>();
 
                 // We do not want to install anything in the basedir, if the application is installed in "ProgramFiles"
-                if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(programfiles) && !InstalledBaseDir.StartsWith(Library.Utility.Utility.AppendDirSeparator(programfiles), StringComparison.Ordinal))
+                if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(programfiles) && !InstalledBaseDir.StartsWith(Util.AppendDirSeparator(programfiles), StringComparison.Ordinal))
                     attempts.Add(System.IO.Path.Combine(InstalledBaseDir, "updates"));
 
                 if (Library.Utility.Utility.IsClientOSX)
@@ -510,7 +511,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.AutoUpdater
 
                                     System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(targetfolder);
 
-                                    var tempfolderpath = Duplicati.Library.Utility.Utility.AppendDirSeparator(tempfolder);
+                                    var tempfolderpath = Util.AppendDirSeparator(tempfolder);
                                     var tempfolderlength = tempfolderpath.Length;
 
                                     // Would be nice, but does not work :(
@@ -605,9 +606,9 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.AutoUpdater
                 var paths = update.Files.Where(x => !x.Ignore).ToDictionary(x => x.Path.Replace('/', System.IO.Path.DirectorySeparatorChar), Library.Utility.Utility.ClientFilenameStringComparer);
                 paths.Add(manifest.Path, manifest);
 
-                var ignores = (from x in update.Files where x.Ignore select Library.Utility.Utility.AppendDirSeparator(x.Path.Replace('/', System.IO.Path.DirectorySeparatorChar))).ToList();
+                var ignores = (from x in update.Files where x.Ignore select Util.AppendDirSeparator(x.Path.Replace('/', System.IO.Path.DirectorySeparatorChar))).ToList();
 
-                folder = Library.Utility.Utility.AppendDirSeparator(folder);
+                folder = Util.AppendDirSeparator(folder);
                 var baselen = folder.Length;
 
                 foreach (var file in Library.Utility.Utility.EnumerateFileSystemEntries(folder))
@@ -718,7 +719,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.AutoUpdater
             var localManifest = remoteManifest.Clone();
             localManifest.RemoteURLS = null;
 
-            inputfolder = Duplicati.Library.Utility.Utility.AppendDirSeparator(inputfolder);
+            inputfolder = Util.AppendDirSeparator(inputfolder);
             var baselen = inputfolder.Length;
             var dirsep = System.IO.Path.DirectorySeparatorChar.ToString();
 
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/AlternativeFTP/AlternativeFTPBackend.cs b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/AlternativeFTP/AlternativeFTPBackend.cs
index 631dd9ace..c91d54c46 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/AlternativeFTP/AlternativeFTPBackend.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/AlternativeFTP/AlternativeFTPBackend.cs
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Backend.AlternativeFTP
                 _userInfo.Domain = "";
 
             _url = u.SetScheme("ftp").SetQuery(null).SetCredentials(null, null).ToString();
-            _url = Duplicati.Library.Utility.Utility.AppendDirSeparator(_url, "/");
+            _url = IO.Util.AppendDirSeparator(_url, "/");
             _listVerify = !CoreUtility.ParseBoolOption(options, "disable-upload-verify");
 
             // Process the aftp-data-connection-type option
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/AlternativeFTP/Duplicati.Library.Backend.AlternativeFTP.csproj b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/AlternativeFTP/Duplicati.Library.Backend.AlternativeFTP.csproj
index 3acbabe71..fbf41f3ff 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/AlternativeFTP/Duplicati.Library.Backend.AlternativeFTP.csproj
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/AlternativeFTP/Duplicati.Library.Backend.AlternativeFTP.csproj
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@
       <Project>{DE3E5D4C-51AB-4E5E-BEE8-E636CEBFBA65}</Project>
       <Name>Duplicati.Library.Utility</Name>
     </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\IO\Duplicati.Library.IO.csproj">
+      <Project>{D63E53E4-A458-4C2F-914D-92F715F58ACF}</Project>
+      <Name>Duplicati.Library.IO</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
   <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. 
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/AmazonCloudDrive/AmzCD.cs b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/AmazonCloudDrive/AmzCD.cs
index 1dcbb568b..2a4ceac36 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/AmazonCloudDrive/AmzCD.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/AmazonCloudDrive/AmzCD.cs
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ using Duplicati.Library.Interface;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Net;
-
+using Duplicati.Library.IO;
+
 namespace Duplicati.Library.Backend.AmazonCloudDrive
 {
     public class AmzCD : IBackend, IStreamingBackend, IRenameEnabledBackend
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Backend.AmazonCloudDrive
         public AmzCD(string url, Dictionary<string, string> options)
         {
             var uri = new Utility.Uri(url);
-            m_path = Duplicati.Library.Utility.Utility.AppendDirSeparator(uri.HostAndPath, "/");
+            m_path = Util.AppendDirSeparator(uri.HostAndPath, "/");
 
             if (options.ContainsKey(AUTHID_OPTION))
                 m_authid = options[AUTHID_OPTION];
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/AmazonCloudDrive/Duplicati.Library.Backend.AmazonCloudDrive.csproj b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/AmazonCloudDrive/Duplicati.Library.Backend.AmazonCloudDrive.csproj
index 1acc64469..805de12ae 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/AmazonCloudDrive/Duplicati.Library.Backend.AmazonCloudDrive.csproj
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/AmazonCloudDrive/Duplicati.Library.Backend.AmazonCloudDrive.csproj
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@
       <Project>{C5899F45-B0FF-483C-9D38-24A9FCAAB237}</Project>
       <Name>Duplicati.Library.Interface</Name>
     </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\IO\Duplicati.Library.IO.csproj">
+      <Project>{D63E53E4-A458-4C2F-914D-92F715F58ACF}</Project>
+      <Name>Duplicati.Library.IO</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="packages.config" />
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/Backblaze/B2.cs b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/Backblaze/B2.cs
index e16062814..593aac30a 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/Backblaze/B2.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/Backblaze/B2.cs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ using System.Linq;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using Duplicati.Library.Utility;
 using Duplicati.Library.Interface;
+using Duplicati.Library.IO;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using System.Net;
 
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Backend.Backblaze
             var uri = new Utility.Uri(url);
 
             m_bucketname = uri.Host;
-            m_prefix = Duplicati.Library.Utility.Utility.AppendDirSeparator("/" + uri.Path, "/");
+            m_prefix = Util.AppendDirSeparator("/" + uri.Path, "/");
 
             // For B2 we do not use a leading slash
             while(m_prefix.StartsWith("/", StringComparison.Ordinal))
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/Backblaze/Duplicati.Library.Backend.Backblaze.csproj b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/Backblaze/Duplicati.Library.Backend.Backblaze.csproj
index a3addecf3..b8f1945a5 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/Backblaze/Duplicati.Library.Backend.Backblaze.csproj
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/Backblaze/Duplicati.Library.Backend.Backblaze.csproj
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@
       <Project>{C5899F45-B0FF-483C-9D38-24A9FCAAB237}</Project>
       <Name>Duplicati.Library.Interface</Name>
     </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\IO\Duplicati.Library.IO.csproj">
+      <Project>{D63E53E4-A458-4C2F-914D-92F715F58ACF}</Project>
+      <Name>Duplicati.Library.IO</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="packages.config" />
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/Box/BoxBackend.cs b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/Box/BoxBackend.cs
index 74602fd20..4d5fdbf19 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/Box/BoxBackend.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/Box/BoxBackend.cs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Linq;
 using Duplicati.Library.Interface;
+using Duplicati.Library.IO;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using System.Net;
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Backend.Box
         {
             var uri = new Utility.Uri(url);
 
-            m_path = Duplicati.Library.Utility.Utility.AppendDirSeparator(uri.HostAndPath, "/");
+            m_path = Util.AppendDirSeparator(uri.HostAndPath, "/");
 
             string authid = null;
             if (options.ContainsKey(AUTHID_OPTION))
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/Box/Duplicati.Library.Backend.Box.csproj b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/Box/Duplicati.Library.Backend.Box.csproj
index d1bb4bc9a..36ebc3838 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/Box/Duplicati.Library.Backend.Box.csproj
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/Box/Duplicati.Library.Backend.Box.csproj
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@
       <Project>{D10A5FC0-11B4-4E70-86AA-8AEA52BD9798}</Project>
       <Name>Duplicati.Library.Logging</Name>
     </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\IO\Duplicati.Library.IO.csproj">
+      <Project>{D63E53E4-A458-4C2F-914D-92F715F58ACF}</Project>
+      <Name>Duplicati.Library.IO</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="packages.config" />
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/FTP/Duplicati.Library.Backend.FTP.csproj b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/FTP/Duplicati.Library.Backend.FTP.csproj
index 098e28d96..abc65f7f7 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/FTP/Duplicati.Library.Backend.FTP.csproj
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/FTP/Duplicati.Library.Backend.FTP.csproj
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@
       <Project>{B68F2214-951F-4F78-8488-66E1ED3F50BF}</Project>
       <Name>Duplicati.Library.Localization</Name>
     </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\IO\Duplicati.Library.IO.csproj">
+      <Project>{D63E53E4-A458-4C2F-914D-92F715F58ACF}</Project>
+      <Name>Duplicati.Library.IO</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="app.config" />
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/FTP/FTPBackend.cs b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/FTP/FTPBackend.cs
index 14be75029..0182fdb2b 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/FTP/FTPBackend.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/FTP/FTPBackend.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#region Disclaimer / License
+#region Disclaimer / License
 // Copyright (C) 2015, The Duplicati Team
 // http://www.duplicati.com, info@duplicati.com
 // 
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using Duplicati.Library.Interface;
 using System.Linq;
-
+using Duplicati.Library.IO;
+
 namespace Duplicati.Library.Backend
 {
     public class FTP : IBackend, IStreamingBackend
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Backend
                 m_userInfo.Domain = "";
 
             m_url = u.SetScheme("ftp").SetQuery(null).SetCredentials(null, null).ToString();
-            m_url = Duplicati.Library.Utility.Utility.AppendDirSeparator(m_url, "/");
+            m_url = Util.AppendDirSeparator(m_url, "/");
 
             m_useSSL = Utility.Utility.ParseBoolOption(options, "use-ssl");
 
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/File/FileBackend.cs b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/File/FileBackend.cs
index d6dc630c4..5181ff09e 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/File/FileBackend.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/File/FileBackend.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#region Disclaimer / License
+#region Disclaimer / License
 // Copyright (C) 2015, The Duplicati Team
 // http://www.duplicati.com, info@duplicati.com
 // 
@@ -297,14 +297,14 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Backend
             string root;
             if (Utility.Utility.IsClientLinux)
             {
-                string path = Utility.Utility.AppendDirSeparator(System.IO.Path.GetFullPath(m_path));
+                string path = Util.AppendDirSeparator(System.IO.Path.GetFullPath(m_path));
                 root = "/";
 
                 //Find longest common prefix from mounted devices
                 //TODO: Can trick this with symlinks, where the symlink is on one mounted volume,
                 // and the actual storage is on another
                 foreach (System.IO.DriveInfo di in System.IO.DriveInfo.GetDrives())
-                    if (path.StartsWith(Utility.Utility.AppendDirSeparator(di.Name), StringComparison.Ordinal) && di.Name.Length > root.Length)
+                    if (path.StartsWith(Util.AppendDirSeparator(di.Name), StringComparison.Ordinal) && di.Name.Length > root.Length)
                         root = di.Name;
             }
             else
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/GoogleServices/Duplicati.Library.Backend.GoogleServices.csproj b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/GoogleServices/Duplicati.Library.Backend.GoogleServices.csproj
index 070b4832a..d5371d2ab 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/GoogleServices/Duplicati.Library.Backend.GoogleServices.csproj
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/GoogleServices/Duplicati.Library.Backend.GoogleServices.csproj
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@
       <Project>{D4C37C33-5E73-4B56-B2C3-DC4A6BAA36BB}</Project>
       <Name>Duplicati.Library.OAuthHelper</Name>
     </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\IO\Duplicati.Library.IO.csproj">
+      <Project>{D63E53E4-A458-4C2F-914D-92F715F58ACF}</Project>
+      <Name>Duplicati.Library.IO</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="packages.config" />
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/GoogleServices/GoogleCloudStorage.cs b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/GoogleServices/GoogleCloudStorage.cs
index 9168a691c..e92cde381 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/GoogleServices/GoogleCloudStorage.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/GoogleServices/GoogleCloudStorage.cs
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using Duplicati.Library.Backend.GoogleServices;
 using Duplicati.Library.Interface;
 using Duplicati.Library.Utility;
-
-
+using Duplicati.Library.IO;
 
 namespace Duplicati.Library.Backend.GoogleCloudStorage
 {
@@ -54,7 +53,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Backend.GoogleCloudStorage
             var uri = new Utility.Uri(url);
 
             m_bucket = uri.Host;
-            m_prefix = Duplicati.Library.Utility.Utility.AppendDirSeparator("/" + uri.Path, "/");
+            m_prefix = Util.AppendDirSeparator("/" + uri.Path, "/");
 
             // For GCS we do not use a leading slash
             if (m_prefix.StartsWith("/", StringComparison.Ordinal))
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/GoogleServices/GoogleDrive.cs b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/GoogleServices/GoogleDrive.cs
index 2d0c8e9c3..96daa158b 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/GoogleServices/GoogleDrive.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/GoogleServices/GoogleDrive.cs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using Duplicati.Library.Backend.GoogleServices;
 using Duplicati.Library.Interface;
 using Duplicati.Library.Utility;
+using Duplicati.Library.IO;
 
 namespace Duplicati.Library.Backend.GoogleDrive
 {
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Backend.GoogleDrive
         {
             var uri = new Utility.Uri(url);
 
-            m_path = Duplicati.Library.Utility.Utility.AppendDirSeparator(uri.HostAndPath, "/");
+            m_path = Util.AppendDirSeparator(uri.HostAndPath, "/");
 
             string authid = null;
             if (options.ContainsKey(AUTHID_OPTION))
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/Jottacloud/Duplicati.Library.Backend.Jottacloud.csproj b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/Jottacloud/Duplicati.Library.Backend.Jottacloud.csproj
index e308a8103..d6a6c4159 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/Jottacloud/Duplicati.Library.Backend.Jottacloud.csproj
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/Jottacloud/Duplicati.Library.Backend.Jottacloud.csproj
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@
       <Project>{B68F2214-951F-4F78-8488-66E1ED3F50BF}</Project>
       <Name>Duplicati.Library.Localization</Name>
     </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\IO\Duplicati.Library.IO.csproj">
+      <Project>{D63E53E4-A458-4C2F-914D-92F715F58ACF}</Project>
+      <Name>Duplicati.Library.IO</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="Duplicati.snk" />
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/Jottacloud/Jottacloud.cs b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/Jottacloud/Jottacloud.cs
index be859b22e..be1cc2bf3 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/Jottacloud/Jottacloud.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/Jottacloud/Jottacloud.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#region Disclaimer / License
+#region Disclaimer / License
 // Copyright (C) 2015, The Duplicati Team
 // http://www.duplicati.com, info@duplicati.com
 // 
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using Duplicati.Library.Interface;
+using Duplicati.Library.IO;
 
 namespace Duplicati.Library.Backend
 {
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Backend
             m_path = u.HostAndPath; // Host and path of "jottacloud://folder/subfolder" is "folder/subfolder", so the actual folder path within the mount point.
             if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(m_path)) // Require a folder. Actually it is possible to store files directly on the root level of the mount point, but that does not seem to be a good option.
                 throw new UserInformationException(Strings.Jottacloud.NoPathError, "JottaNoPath");
-            m_path = Duplicati.Library.Utility.Utility.AppendDirSeparator(m_path, "/");
+            m_path = Util.AppendDirSeparator(m_path, "/");
             if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(u.Username))
             {
                 m_userInfo = new System.Net.NetworkCredential();
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/OneDrive/Duplicati.Library.Backend.OneDrive.csproj b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/OneDrive/Duplicati.Library.Backend.OneDrive.csproj
index 26a810a4e..5c36586ca 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/OneDrive/Duplicati.Library.Backend.OneDrive.csproj
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/OneDrive/Duplicati.Library.Backend.OneDrive.csproj
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@
       <Project>{D10A5FC0-11B4-4E70-86AA-8AEA52BD9798}</Project>
       <Name>Duplicati.Library.Logging</Name>
     </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\IO\Duplicati.Library.IO.csproj">
+      <Project>{D63E53E4-A458-4C2F-914D-92F715F58ACF}</Project>
+      <Name>Duplicati.Library.IO</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
   <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. 
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/OneDrive/OneDrive.cs b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/OneDrive/OneDrive.cs
index a0ca5ffb0..a1cd14969 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/OneDrive/OneDrive.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/OneDrive/OneDrive.cs
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ using System.Text;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using System.Net;
 using Duplicati.Library.Interface;
-
+using Duplicati.Library.IO;
+
 namespace Duplicati.Library.Backend
 {
     public class OneDrive : IBackend, IStreamingBackend, IQuotaEnabledBackend, IRenameEnabledBackend
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Backend
             var uri = new Utility.Uri(url);
 
             m_rootfolder = uri.Host;
-            m_prefix = Duplicati.Library.Utility.Utility.AppendDirSeparator("/" + uri.Path, "/");
+            m_prefix = Util.AppendDirSeparator("/" + uri.Path, "/");
 
             string authid = null;
             if (options.ContainsKey(AUTHID_OPTION))
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/OpenStack/Duplicati.Library.Backend.OpenStack.csproj b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/OpenStack/Duplicati.Library.Backend.OpenStack.csproj
index fa7d2332f..7a29c14b8 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/OpenStack/Duplicati.Library.Backend.OpenStack.csproj
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/OpenStack/Duplicati.Library.Backend.OpenStack.csproj
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@
       <Project>{D4C37C33-5E73-4B56-B2C3-DC4A6BAA36BB}</Project>
       <Name>Duplicati.Library.OAuthHelper</Name>
     </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\IO\Duplicati.Library.IO.csproj">
+      <Project>{D63E53E4-A458-4C2F-914D-92F715F58ACF}</Project>
+      <Name>Duplicati.Library.IO</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="packages.config" />
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/OpenStack/OpenStackStorage.cs b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/OpenStack/OpenStackStorage.cs
index b5b7150a7..7217ed41a 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/OpenStack/OpenStackStorage.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/OpenStack/OpenStackStorage.cs
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ using Newtonsoft.Json.Converters;
 using Duplicati.Library.Strings;
 using System.Net;
 using System.Text;
-
+using Duplicati.Library.IO;
+
 namespace Duplicati.Library.Backend.OpenStack
 {
     public class OpenStackStorage : IBackend, IStreamingBackend
@@ -319,7 +320,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Backend.OpenStack
             var uri = new Utility.Uri(url);
 
             m_container = uri.Host;
-            m_prefix = Duplicati.Library.Utility.Utility.AppendDirSeparator("/" + uri.Path, "/");
+            m_prefix = Util.AppendDirSeparator("/" + uri.Path, "/");
 
             // For OpenStack we do not use a leading slash
             if (m_prefix.StartsWith("/", StringComparison.Ordinal))
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/S3/Duplicati.Library.Backend.S3.csproj b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/S3/Duplicati.Library.Backend.S3.csproj
index 77ea339d3..f236681b0 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/S3/Duplicati.Library.Backend.S3.csproj
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/S3/Duplicati.Library.Backend.S3.csproj
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@
       <Project>{D10A5FC0-11B4-4E70-86AA-8AEA52BD9798}</Project>
       <Name>Duplicati.Library.Logging</Name>
     </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\IO\Duplicati.Library.IO.csproj">
+      <Project>{D63E53E4-A458-4C2F-914D-92F715F58ACF}</Project>
+      <Name>Duplicati.Library.IO</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="app.config" />
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/S3/S3Backend.cs b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/S3/S3Backend.cs
index bb7841e05..8776f95d8 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/S3/S3Backend.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/S3/S3Backend.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#region Disclaimer / License
+#region Disclaimer / License
 // Copyright (C) 2015, The Duplicati Team
 // http://www.duplicati.com, info@duplicati.com
 // 
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using Duplicati.Library.Interface;
-
+using Duplicati.Library.IO;
+
 namespace Duplicati.Library.Backend
 {
     public class S3 : IBackend, IStreamingBackend, IRenameEnabledBackend
@@ -259,7 +260,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Backend
             m_prefix = m_prefix.Trim();
             if (m_prefix.Length != 0)
             {
-                m_prefix = Duplicati.Library.Utility.Utility.AppendDirSeparator(m_prefix, "/");
+                m_prefix = Util.AppendDirSeparator(m_prefix, "/");
             }
 
             // Auto-disable dns lookup for non AWS configurations
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/SSHv2/Duplicati.Library.Backend.SSHv2.csproj b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/SSHv2/Duplicati.Library.Backend.SSHv2.csproj
index 6974feb12..da2e9242f 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/SSHv2/Duplicati.Library.Backend.SSHv2.csproj
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/SSHv2/Duplicati.Library.Backend.SSHv2.csproj
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@
       <Project>{B68F2214-951F-4F78-8488-66E1ED3F50BF}</Project>
       <Name>Duplicati.Library.Localization</Name>
     </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\IO\Duplicati.Library.IO.csproj">
+      <Project>{D63E53E4-A458-4C2F-914D-92F715F58ACF}</Project>
+      <Name>Duplicati.Library.IO</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="Duplicati.snk" />
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/SSHv2/SSHv2Backend.cs b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/SSHv2/SSHv2Backend.cs
index 0449c0371..4b7e8d791 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/SSHv2/SSHv2Backend.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/SSHv2/SSHv2Backend.cs
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
 using Duplicati.Library.Interface;
+using Duplicati.Library.IO;
 using Renci.SshNet;
 using Renci.SshNet.Common;
 
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Backend
 
             if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(m_path))
             {
-                m_path = Duplicati.Library.Utility.Utility.AppendDirSeparator(m_path, "/");
+                m_path = Util.AppendDirSeparator(m_path, "/");
             }
 
             if (!m_path.StartsWith("/", StringComparison.Ordinal))
@@ -293,7 +294,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Backend
             if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(path))
                 return;
 
-            string working_dir = Duplicati.Library.Utility.Utility.AppendDirSeparator(m_con.WorkingDirectory, "/");
+            string working_dir = Util.AppendDirSeparator(m_con.WorkingDirectory, "/");
             if (working_dir == path)
                 return;
 
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/SharePoint/Duplicati.Library.Backend.SharePoint.csproj b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/SharePoint/Duplicati.Library.Backend.SharePoint.csproj
index bf6530f3f..534f08e56 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/SharePoint/Duplicati.Library.Backend.SharePoint.csproj
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/SharePoint/Duplicati.Library.Backend.SharePoint.csproj
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@
       <Project>{DE3E5D4C-51AB-4E5E-BEE8-E636CEBFBA65}</Project>
       <Name>Duplicati.Library.Utility</Name>
     </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\IO\Duplicati.Library.IO.csproj">
+      <Project>{D63E53E4-A458-4C2F-914D-92F715F58ACF}</Project>
+      <Name>Duplicati.Library.IO</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
   <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. 
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/SharePoint/SharePointBackend.cs b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/SharePoint/SharePointBackend.cs
index 2823f1b88..5bd913d92 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/SharePoint/SharePointBackend.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/SharePoint/SharePointBackend.cs
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ using Duplicati.Library.Interface;
 
 using SP = Microsoft.SharePoint.Client;
 using Microsoft.SharePoint.Client; // Plain 'using' for extension methods
+using Duplicati.Library.IO;
 
 namespace Duplicati.Library.Backend
 {
@@ -169,7 +170,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Backend
             m_serverRelPath = u.Path;
             if (!m_serverRelPath.StartsWith("/", StringComparison.Ordinal))
                 m_serverRelPath = "/" + m_serverRelPath;
-            m_serverRelPath = Duplicati.Library.Utility.Utility.AppendDirSeparator(m_serverRelPath, "/");
+            m_serverRelPath = Util.AppendDirSeparator(m_serverRelPath, "/");
             // remove marker for SP-Web
             m_serverRelPath = m_serverRelPath.Replace("//", "/");
 
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/TahoeLAFS/Duplicati.Library.Backend.TahoeLAFS.csproj b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/TahoeLAFS/Duplicati.Library.Backend.TahoeLAFS.csproj
index ff93fd131..ccaceef36 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/TahoeLAFS/Duplicati.Library.Backend.TahoeLAFS.csproj
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/TahoeLAFS/Duplicati.Library.Backend.TahoeLAFS.csproj
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@
       <Project>{B68F2214-951F-4F78-8488-66E1ED3F50BF}</Project>
       <Name>Duplicati.Library.Localization</Name>
     </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\IO\Duplicati.Library.IO.csproj">
+      <Project>{D63E53E4-A458-4C2F-914D-92F715F58ACF}</Project>
+      <Name>Duplicati.Library.IO</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
   <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. 
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/TahoeLAFS/TahoeBackend.cs b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/TahoeLAFS/TahoeBackend.cs
index 30973c060..480c254aa 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/TahoeLAFS/TahoeBackend.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/TahoeLAFS/TahoeBackend.cs
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ using Duplicati.Library.Interface;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
 using System.Linq;
-
+using Duplicati.Library.IO;
+
 namespace Duplicati.Library.Backend
 {
     public class TahoeBackend : IBackend, IStreamingBackend
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Backend
             m_useSSL = Utility.Utility.ParseBoolOption(options, "use-ssl");
 
             m_url = u.SetScheme(m_useSSL ? "https" : "http").SetQuery(null).SetCredentials(null, null).ToString();
-            m_url = Duplicati.Library.Utility.Utility.AppendDirSeparator(m_url, "/");
+            m_url = Util.AppendDirSeparator(m_url, "/");
         }
 
         private System.Net.HttpWebRequest CreateRequest(string remotename, string queryparams)
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/WEBDAV/Duplicati.Library.Backend.WEBDAV.csproj b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/WEBDAV/Duplicati.Library.Backend.WEBDAV.csproj
index 287a66ce6..41c556bbc 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/WEBDAV/Duplicati.Library.Backend.WEBDAV.csproj
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/WEBDAV/Duplicati.Library.Backend.WEBDAV.csproj
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@
       <Project>{B68F2214-951F-4F78-8488-66E1ED3F50BF}</Project>
       <Name>Duplicati.Library.Localization</Name>
     </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\IO\Duplicati.Library.IO.csproj">
+      <Project>{D63E53E4-A458-4C2F-914D-92F715F58ACF}</Project>
+      <Name>Duplicati.Library.IO</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="app.config" />
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/WEBDAV/WEBDAV.cs b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/WEBDAV/WEBDAV.cs
index 50f8939a9..b7afcc79e 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Backend/WEBDAV/WEBDAV.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Backend/WEBDAV/WEBDAV.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#region Disclaimer / License
+#region Disclaimer / License
 // Copyright (C) 2015, The Duplicati Team
 // http://www.duplicati.com, info@duplicati.com
 // 
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Text;
 using Duplicati.Library.Interface;
-
+using Duplicati.Library.IO;
+
 namespace Duplicati.Library.Backend
 {
     public class WEBDAV : IBackend, IStreamingBackend
@@ -93,12 +94,12 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Backend
             m_useSSL = Utility.Utility.ParseBoolOption(options, "use-ssl");
 
             m_url = u.SetScheme(m_useSSL ? "https" : "http").SetCredentials(null, null).SetQuery(null).ToString();
-            m_url = Duplicati.Library.Utility.Utility.AppendDirSeparator(m_url, "/");
+            m_url = Util.AppendDirSeparator(m_url, "/");
 
             m_path = u.Path;
             if (!m_path.StartsWith("/", StringComparison.Ordinal))
                 m_path = "/" + m_path;
-            m_path = Duplicati.Library.Utility.Utility.AppendDirSeparator(m_path, "/");
+            m_path = Util.AppendDirSeparator(m_path, "/");
 
             m_path = Library.Utility.Uri.UrlDecode(m_path);
             m_rawurl = new Utility.Uri(m_useSSL ? "https" : "http", u.Host, m_path).ToString();
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Compression/Duplicati.Library.Compression.csproj b/Duplicati/Library/Compression/Duplicati.Library.Compression.csproj
index 6b1e5e8b4..3629e000e 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Compression/Duplicati.Library.Compression.csproj
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Compression/Duplicati.Library.Compression.csproj
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@
       <Project>{B68F2214-951F-4F78-8488-66E1ED3F50BF}</Project>
       <Name>Duplicati.Library.Localization</Name>
     </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\IO\Duplicati.Library.IO.csproj">
+      <Project>{D63E53E4-A458-4C2F-914D-92F715F58ACF}</Project>
+      <Name>Duplicati.Library.IO</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="app.config" />
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Compression/FileArchiveDirectory.cs b/Duplicati/Library/Compression/FileArchiveDirectory.cs
index 6b01ef9cc..17ff48576 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Compression/FileArchiveDirectory.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Compression/FileArchiveDirectory.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#region Disclaimer / License
+#region Disclaimer / License
 // Copyright (C) 2015, The Duplicati Team
 // http://www.duplicati.com, info@duplicati.com
 // 
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Text;
 using Duplicati.Library.Interface;
-
+using Duplicati.Library.IO;
+
 namespace Duplicati.Library.Compression
 {
     /// <summary>
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Compression
         /// <param name="basefolder">The folder to base the archive on</param>
         public FileArchiveDirectory(string basefolder)
         {
-            m_folder = Utility.Utility.AppendDirSeparator(basefolder);
+            m_folder = Util.AppendDirSeparator(basefolder);
         }
 
         #region IFileArchive Members
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/IO/Util.cs b/Duplicati/Library/IO/Util.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f66977cbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/IO/Util.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+//  Copyright (C) 2018, The Duplicati Team
+//  http://www.duplicati.com, info@duplicati.com
+//
+//  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+//  it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
+//  published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the
+//  License, or (at your option) any later version.
+//
+//  This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+//  WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+//  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+//  Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+//  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+//  License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+//  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+
+namespace Duplicati.Library.IO
+{
+    public static class Util
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// A cached instance of the directory separator as a string
+        /// </summary>
+        public static readonly string DirectorySeparatorString = Path.DirectorySeparatorChar.ToString();
+
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Appends the appropriate directory separator to paths, depending on OS.
+        /// Does not append the separator if the path already ends with it.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="path">The path to append to</param>
+        /// <returns>The path with the directory separator appended</returns>
+        public static string AppendDirSeparator(string path)
+        {
+            return AppendDirSeparator(path, DirectorySeparatorString);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Appends the specified directory separator to paths.
+        /// Does not append the separator if the path already ends with it.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="path">The path to append to</param>
+        /// <param name="separator">The directory separator to use</param>
+        /// <returns>The path with the directory separator appended</returns>
+        public static string AppendDirSeparator(string path, string separator)
+        {
+            return !path.EndsWith(separator, StringComparison.Ordinal) ? path + separator : path;
+        }
+
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Guesses the directory separator from the path
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="path">The path to guess the separator from</param>
+        /// <returns>The guessed directory separator</returns>
+        public static string GuessDirSeparator(string path)
+        {
+            return string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(path) || path.StartsWith("/", StringComparison.Ordinal) ? "/" : "\\";
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Main/Controller.cs b/Duplicati/Library/Main/Controller.cs
index 3c6a4903a..9cdf33337 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Main/Controller.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Main/Controller.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#region Disclaimer / License
+#region Disclaimer / License
 // Copyright (C) 2015, The Duplicati Team
 // http://www.duplicati.com, info@duplicati.com
 //
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ using System.Linq;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using Duplicati.Library.Utility;
-
+using Duplicati.Library.IO;
+
 namespace Duplicati.Library.Main
 {
     public class Controller : IDisposable
@@ -898,7 +899,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Main
                         foundAnyPaths = true;
 
                         if (!fi.Exists)
-                            source = Library.Utility.Utility.AppendDirSeparator(source);
+                            source = Util.AppendDirSeparator(source);
 
                         sources.Add(source);
                     }
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Main/Database/LocalBugReportDatabase.cs b/Duplicati/Library/Main/Database/LocalBugReportDatabase.cs
index e77a31ef3..fe9fc40c0 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Main/Database/LocalBugReportDatabase.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Main/Database/LocalBugReportDatabase.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//  Copyright (C) 2013, The Duplicati Team
+//  Copyright (C) 2013, The Duplicati Team
 
 //  http://www.duplicati.com, opensource@duplicati.com
 //
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
 //  License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 //  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
 using System;
-
+using Duplicati.Library.IO;
+
 namespace Duplicati.Library.Main.Database
 {
     internal class LocalBugReportDatabase : LocalDatabase
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Main.Database
                     upcmd.Transaction = tr;
                     upcmd.ExecuteNonQuery(string.Format(@"CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE ""{0}"" (""ID"" INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, ""RealPath"" TEXT NOT NULL, ""Obfuscated"" TEXT NULL)", tablename));
                     upcmd.ExecuteNonQuery(string.Format(@"INSERT INTO ""{0}"" (""RealPath"") SELECT DISTINCT ""Path"" FROM ""File"" ORDER BY ""Path"" ", tablename));
-                    upcmd.ExecuteNonQuery(string.Format(@"UPDATE ""{0}"" SET ""Obfuscated"" = ? || length(""RealPath"") || ? || ""ID"" || (CASE WHEN substr(""RealPath"", length(""RealPath"")) = ? THEN ? ELSE ? END) ", tablename), Library.Utility.Utility.IsClientLinux ? "/" : "X:\\", Library.Utility.Utility.DirectorySeparatorString, Library.Utility.Utility.DirectorySeparatorString, Library.Utility.Utility.DirectorySeparatorString, ".bin");
+                    upcmd.ExecuteNonQuery(string.Format(@"UPDATE ""{0}"" SET ""Obfuscated"" = ? || length(""RealPath"") || ? || ""ID"" || (CASE WHEN substr(""RealPath"", length(""RealPath"")) = ? THEN ? ELSE ? END) ", tablename), Library.Utility.Utility.IsClientLinux ? "/" : "X:\\", Util.DirectorySeparatorString, Util.DirectorySeparatorString, Util.DirectorySeparatorString, ".bin");
                     
                     /*long id = 1;
                     using(var rd = cmd.ExecuteReader(string.Format(@"SELECT ""RealPath"", ""Obfuscated"" FROM ""{0}"" ", tablename)))
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Main/Database/LocalListDatabase.cs b/Duplicati/Library/Main/Database/LocalListDatabase.cs
index 033646e2a..2e6fe7e0b 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Main/Database/LocalListDatabase.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Main/Database/LocalListDatabase.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//  Copyright (C) 2015, The Duplicati Team
+//  Copyright (C) 2015, The Duplicati Team
 
 //  http://www.duplicati.com, info@duplicati.com
 //
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ using System;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Text;
-
+using Duplicati.Library.IO;
+
 namespace Duplicati.Library.Main.Database
 {
     internal class LocalListDatabase : LocalDatabase
@@ -148,7 +149,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Main.Database
                     if (v0 != null)
                         maxpath = v0.ToString();
 
-                    var dirsep = Duplicati.Library.Utility.Utility.GuessDirSeparator(maxpath);
+                    var dirsep = Util.GuessDirSeparator(maxpath);
     
                     cmd.CommandText = string.Format(@"SELECT COUNT(*) FROM ""{0}""", tmpnames.Tablename);
                     var filecount = cmd.ExecuteScalarInt64(0);
@@ -161,7 +162,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Main.Database
     
                     while (filecount != foundfiles && maxpath.Length > 0)
                     {
-                        var mp = Duplicati.Library.Utility.Utility.AppendDirSeparator(maxpath, dirsep);
+                        var mp = Util.AppendDirSeparator(maxpath, dirsep);
                         cmd.SetParameterValue(0, mp.Length);
                         cmd.SetParameterValue(1, mp);
                         foundfiles = cmd.ExecuteScalarInt64(0);
@@ -185,7 +186,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Main.Database
     
                     return 
                         new IFileversion[] {
-                            new FileversionFixed() { Path = maxpath == "" ? "" : Duplicati.Library.Utility.Utility.AppendDirSeparator(maxpath, dirsep) }
+                            new FileversionFixed() { Path = maxpath == "" ? "" : Util.AppendDirSeparator(maxpath, dirsep) }
                         };
                 }
     
@@ -194,7 +195,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Main.Database
             private IEnumerable<string> SelectFolderEntries(System.Data.IDbCommand cmd, string prefix, string table)
             {
                 if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(prefix))
-                    prefix = Duplicati.Library.Utility.Utility.AppendDirSeparator(prefix, Duplicati.Library.Utility.Utility.GuessDirSeparator(prefix));
+                    prefix = Util.AppendDirSeparator(prefix, Util.GuessDirSeparator(prefix));
                 
                 var ppl = prefix.Length;
                 using(var rd = cmd.ExecuteReader(string.Format(@"SELECT DISTINCT ""Path"" FROM ""{0}"" ", table)))
@@ -204,7 +205,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Main.Database
                         if (!s.StartsWith(prefix, StringComparison.Ordinal))
                             continue;
 
-                        var dirsep = Duplicati.Library.Utility.Utility.GuessDirSeparator(s);
+                        var dirsep = Util.GuessDirSeparator(s);
 
                         s = s.Substring(ppl);
                         var ix = s.IndexOf(dirsep, StringComparison.Ordinal);
@@ -227,10 +228,10 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Main.Database
                     else
                         pathprefix = ((Library.Utility.FilterExpression)filter).GetSimpleList().First();
 
-                    var dirsep = Duplicati.Library.Utility.Utility.GuessDirSeparator(pathprefix);
+                    var dirsep = Util.GuessDirSeparator(pathprefix);
 
                     if (pathprefix.Length > 0 || dirsep == "/")
-                        pathprefix = Duplicati.Library.Utility.Utility.AppendDirSeparator(pathprefix, dirsep);
+                        pathprefix = Util.AppendDirSeparator(pathprefix, dirsep);
                     
                     using(var tmpnames = new FilteredFilenameTable(m_connection, new Library.Utility.FilterExpression(new string[] { pathprefix + "*" }, true), null))
                     using(var cmd = m_connection.CreateCommand())
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Main/Database/LocalRestoreDatabase.cs b/Duplicati/Library/Main/Database/LocalRestoreDatabase.cs
index 2f29154d8..3e82f3d93 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Main/Database/LocalRestoreDatabase.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Main/Database/LocalRestoreDatabase.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
+using Duplicati.Library.IO;
 using Duplicati.Library.Main.Volumes;
 
 namespace Duplicati.Library.Main.Database
@@ -343,7 +344,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Main.Database
                 if (v0 != null && v0 != DBNull.Value)
                     maxpath = v0.ToString();
 
-                var dirsep = Duplicati.Library.Utility.Utility.GuessDirSeparator(maxpath);
+                var dirsep = Util.GuessDirSeparator(maxpath);
 
                 cmd.CommandText = string.Format(@"SELECT COUNT(*) FROM ""{0}""", m_tempfiletable);
                 var filecount = cmd.ExecuteScalarInt64(-1);
@@ -356,7 +357,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Main.Database
 
                 while (filecount != foundfiles && maxpath.Length > 0)
                 {
-                    var mp = Library.Utility.Utility.AppendDirSeparator(maxpath, dirsep);
+                    var mp = Util.AppendDirSeparator(maxpath, dirsep);
                     cmd.SetParameterValue(0, mp.Length);
                     cmd.SetParameterValue(1, mp);
                     foundfiles = cmd.ExecuteScalarInt64(-1);
@@ -372,13 +373,13 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Main.Database
                     }
                 }
 
-                return maxpath == "" ? "" : Library.Utility.Utility.AppendDirSeparator(maxpath, dirsep);
+                return maxpath == "" ? "" : Util.AppendDirSeparator(maxpath, dirsep);
             }
         }
 
         public void SetTargetPaths(string largest_prefix, string destination)
         {
-            var dirsep = Duplicati.Library.Utility.Utility.GuessDirSeparator(string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(largest_prefix) ? GetFirstPath() : largest_prefix);
+            var dirsep = Util.GuessDirSeparator(string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(largest_prefix) ? GetFirstPath() : largest_prefix);
 
             using(var cmd = m_connection.CreateCommand())
             {
@@ -398,7 +399,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Main.Database
                     else if (Library.Utility.Utility.IsClientWindows && dirsep == "/")
                     {
                         // For Linux -> Win, we use the temporary folder's drive as the root path
-                        cmd.ExecuteNonQuery(string.Format(@"UPDATE ""{0}"" SET ""Targetpath"" = CASE WHEN SUBSTR(""Path"", 1, 1) == ""/"" THEN ? || SUBSTR(""Path"", 2) ELSE ""Path"" END", m_tempfiletable), Library.Utility.Utility.AppendDirSeparator(System.IO.Path.GetPathRoot(Library.Utility.TempFolder.SystemTempPath)).Replace("\\", "/"));
+                        cmd.ExecuteNonQuery(string.Format(@"UPDATE ""{0}"" SET ""Targetpath"" = CASE WHEN SUBSTR(""Path"", 1, 1) == ""/"" THEN ? || SUBSTR(""Path"", 2) ELSE ""Path"" END", m_tempfiletable), Util.AppendDirSeparator(System.IO.Path.GetPathRoot(Library.Utility.TempFolder.SystemTempPath)).Replace("\\", "/"));
                     }
                     else
                     {
@@ -420,7 +421,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Main.Database
                     }
                     else
                     {
-                        largest_prefix = Library.Utility.Utility.AppendDirSeparator(largest_prefix, dirsep);
+                        largest_prefix = Util.AppendDirSeparator(largest_prefix, dirsep);
                         cmd.ExecuteNonQuery(string.Format(@"UPDATE ""{0}"" SET ""TargetPath"" = SUBSTR(""Path"", ?)", m_tempfiletable), largest_prefix.Length + 1);
                     }
                 }
@@ -438,7 +439,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Main.Database
                     // Paths are now relative with target-os naming system
                     // so we prefix them with the target path
 
-                    cmd.ExecuteNonQuery(string.Format(@"UPDATE ""{0}"" SET ""TargetPath"" = ? || ""TargetPath"" ", m_tempfiletable), Library.Utility.Utility.AppendDirSeparator(destination));
+                    cmd.ExecuteNonQuery(string.Format(@"UPDATE ""{0}"" SET ""TargetPath"" = ? || ""TargetPath"" ", m_tempfiletable), Util.AppendDirSeparator(destination));
                 }
 
 
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Main/Database/PathLookupHelper.cs b/Duplicati/Library/Main/Database/PathLookupHelper.cs
index 2b1809a8a..1e1ad71fd 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Main/Database/PathLookupHelper.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Main/Database/PathLookupHelper.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//  Copyright (C) 2013, The Duplicati Team
+//  Copyright (C) 2013, The Duplicati Team
 
 //  http://www.duplicati.com, info@duplicati.com
 //
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ using System;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
-
+using Duplicati.Library.IO;
+
 namespace Duplicati.Library.Main.Database
 {
     public class PathLookupHelper<T>
@@ -107,7 +108,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Main.Database
                 else if (m_lookup != null)
                 {
                     //Maintain the hotpath lookup information
-                    prefix = Duplicati.Library.Utility.Utility.AppendDirSeparator(System.IO.Path.Combine(prefix, p));
+                    prefix = Util.AppendDirSeparator(System.IO.Path.Combine(prefix, p));
                     m_lookup.Add(new KeyValuePair<string, FolderEntry>(prefix, cur));
                 }
 
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Main.Database
                 if (m_lookup != null)
                 {
                     //Maintain the hotpath lookup information
-                    prefix = Duplicati.Library.Utility.Utility.AppendDirSeparator(System.IO.Path.Combine(prefix, p));
+                    prefix = Util.AppendDirSeparator(System.IO.Path.Combine(prefix, p));
                     m_lookup.Add(new KeyValuePair<string, FolderEntry>(prefix, cur));
                 }
             }
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Main/Operation/BackupHandler.cs b/Duplicati/Library/Main/Operation/BackupHandler.cs
index 12700b61e..0850c5504 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Main/Operation/BackupHandler.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Main/Operation/BackupHandler.cs
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ using CoCoL;
 using System.Threading;
 using Duplicati.Library.Snapshots;
 using Duplicati.Library.Utility;
-
+using Duplicati.Library.IO;
+
 namespace Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation
 {
     /// <summary>
@@ -376,7 +377,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation
                 Utility.VerifyParameters(m_database, m_options);
 
                 var probe_path = m_database.GetFirstPath();
-                if (probe_path != null && Duplicati.Library.Utility.Utility.GuessDirSeparator(probe_path) != System.IO.Path.DirectorySeparatorChar.ToString())
+                if (probe_path != null && Util.GuessDirSeparator(probe_path) != System.IO.Path.DirectorySeparatorChar.ToString())
                     throw new UserInformationException(string.Format("The backup contains files that belong to another operating system. Proceeding with a backup would cause the database to contain paths from two different operation systems, which is not supported. To proceed without losing remote data, delete all filesets and make sure the --{0} option is set, then run the backup again to re-use the existing data on the remote store.", "no-auto-compact"), "CrossOsDatabaseReuseNotSupported");
 
                 if (m_database.PartiallyRecreated)
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Main/Operation/RestoreHandler.cs b/Duplicati/Library/Main/Operation/RestoreHandler.cs
index 910af92e1..e49ecdbb7 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Main/Operation/RestoreHandler.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Main/Operation/RestoreHandler.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
@@ -754,10 +754,10 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Main.Operation
                     // Find the largest common prefix
                     var largest_prefix = options.DontCompressRestorePaths ? "" : database.GetLargestPrefix();
 
-                    Logging.Log.WriteVerboseMessage(LOGTAG, "MappingRestorePath", "Mapping restore path prefix to \"{0}\" to \"{1}\"", largest_prefix, Library.Utility.Utility.AppendDirSeparator(options.Restorepath));
+                    Logging.Log.WriteVerboseMessage(LOGTAG, "MappingRestorePath", "Mapping restore path prefix to \"{0}\" to \"{1}\"", largest_prefix, Util.AppendDirSeparator(options.Restorepath));
     
                     // Set the target paths, special care with C:\ and /
-                    database.SetTargetPaths(largest_prefix, Library.Utility.Utility.AppendDirSeparator(options.Restorepath));
+                    database.SetTargetPaths(largest_prefix, Util.AppendDirSeparator(options.Restorepath));
                 }
                 else
                 {
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Snapshots/Duplicati.Library.Snapshots.csproj b/Duplicati/Library/Snapshots/Duplicati.Library.Snapshots.csproj
index e6b9bdf31..a59162cbe 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Snapshots/Duplicati.Library.Snapshots.csproj
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Snapshots/Duplicati.Library.Snapshots.csproj
@@ -48,18 +48,11 @@
     <Reference Include="System.Xml" />
     <Reference Include="System.Xml.Linq" />
     <Reference Include="System.Transactions" />
-    <Reference Include="AlphaVSS.Common">
-      <HintPath>..\..\..\packages\AlphaVSS.1.4.0\lib\net45\AlphaVSS.Common.dll</HintPath>
-    </Reference>
-    <Reference Include="AlphaFS">
-      <HintPath>..\..\..\packages\AlphaFS.2.1.3\lib\net45\AlphaFS.dll</HintPath>
-    </Reference>
     <Reference Include="Newtonsoft.Json">
       <HintPath>..\..\..\packages\Newtonsoft.Json.10.0.3\lib\net45\Newtonsoft.Json.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <Compile Include="DefineDosDevice.cs" />
     <Compile Include="MSSQLUtility.cs" />
     <Compile Include="HyperVUtility.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ISnapshotService.cs" />
@@ -72,7 +65,6 @@
     <Compile Include="USNJournal.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Win32USN.cs" />
     <Compile Include="WindowsSnapshot.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="WinNativeMethods.cs" />
     <Compile Include="NoSnapshotLinux.cs" />
     <Compile Include="NoSnapshotWindows.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Strings.cs" />
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Snapshots/USNJournal.cs b/Duplicati/Library/Snapshots/USNJournal.cs
index a0950779d..ce6a1c0ff 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Snapshots/USNJournal.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Snapshots/USNJournal.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#region Disclaimer / License
+#region Disclaimer / License
 // Copyright (C) 2015, The Duplicati Team
 // http://www.duplicati.com, info@duplicati.com
 // 
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Snapshots
             if (Utility.Utility.IsClientLinux)
                 throw new Interface.UserInformationException(Strings.USNHelper.LinuxNotSupportedError, "UsnOnLinuxNotSupported");
 
-            m_volume = Utility.Utility.AppendDirSeparator(volumeRoot);
+            m_volume = Util.AppendDirSeparator(volumeRoot);
 
             try
             {
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Snapshots
         /// <returns>A list of tuples with changed files and folders and their type</returns>
         public IEnumerable<Tuple<string, EntryType>> GetChangedFileSystemEntries(string sourceFileOrFolder, long minUsn, ChangeReason reason)
         {
-            var isFolder = sourceFileOrFolder.EndsWith(Utility.Utility.DirectorySeparatorString, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+            var isFolder = sourceFileOrFolder.EndsWith(Util.DirectorySeparatorString, StringComparison.Ordinal);
 
             foreach (var r in GetRecords(minUsn))
             {
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Snapshots
 
                 if (rec.UsnRecord.FileAttributes.HasFlag(Win32USN.FileAttributes.Directory))
                 {
-                    path = Utility.Utility.AppendDirSeparator(path);
+                    path = Util.AppendDirSeparator(path);
                 }
 
                 // set resolved path
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Snapshots/UsnJournalService.cs b/Duplicati/Library/Snapshots/UsnJournalService.cs
index 2bc4a5350..132dea3fd 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Snapshots/UsnJournalService.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Snapshots/UsnJournalService.cs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using Duplicati.Library.Interface;
+using Duplicati.Library.IO;
 using Duplicati.Library.Utility;
 
 namespace Duplicati.Library.Snapshots
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Snapshots
                             }
                             else
                             {
-                                changedFolders.Add(Utility.Utility.AppendDirSeparator(entry.Item1));
+                                changedFolders.Add(Util.AppendDirSeparator(entry.Item1));
                             }
                         }
                     }
@@ -160,7 +161,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Snapshots
                     // use original sources
                     foreach (var path in volumeSources)
                     {
-                        var isFolder = path.EndsWith(Utility.Utility.DirectorySeparatorString, StringComparison.Ordinal);
+                        var isFolder = path.EndsWith(Util.DirectorySeparatorString, StringComparison.Ordinal);
                         if (isFolder)
                         {
                             volumeData.Folders.Add(path);
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Utility/Duplicati.Library.Utility.csproj b/Duplicati/Library/Utility/Duplicati.Library.Utility.csproj
index f46547f4e..a146c9445 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Utility/Duplicati.Library.Utility.csproj
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Utility/Duplicati.Library.Utility.csproj
@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@
       <Project>{C5899F45-B0FF-483C-9D38-24A9FCAAB237}</Project>
       <Name>Duplicati.Library.Interface</Name>
     </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\IO\Duplicati.Library.IO.csproj">
+      <Project>{D63E53E4-A458-4C2F-914D-92F715F58ACF}</Project>
+      <Name>Duplicati.Library.IO</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup />
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Utility/FilterGroups.cs b/Duplicati/Library/Utility/FilterGroups.cs
index 0176eff38..ac93c8fb5 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Utility/FilterGroups.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Utility/FilterGroups.cs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
+using Duplicati.Library.IO;
 using Duplicati.Library.Localization.Short;
 
 namespace Duplicati.Library.Utility
@@ -356,7 +357,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Utility
                     yield return windir;
 
                     // Also exclude "C:\Windows.old\"
-                    yield return Utility.AppendDirSeparator(windir.TrimEnd('\\', '/') + ".old");
+                    yield return Util.AppendDirSeparator(windir.TrimEnd('\\', '/') + ".old");
                 }
             }
 
@@ -581,7 +582,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Utility
                 // Meaning a filter for 'C:\Windows' won't match 'C:\Windows\'.
                 // So this makes sure special folder's filter's have a trailing directory separator.
                 // (Alternatively, this could append '*' to all folder filters.)
-                return Utility.AppendDirSeparator(filter);
+                return Util.AppendDirSeparator(filter);
             }
             else
             {
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Utility/TempFolder.cs b/Duplicati/Library/Utility/TempFolder.cs
index 86927f605..0a412bf73 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Utility/TempFolder.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Utility/TempFolder.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#region Disclaimer / License
+#region Disclaimer / License
 // Copyright (C) 2015, The Duplicati Team
 // http://www.duplicati.com, info@duplicati.com
 //
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
 //
 #endregion
 using System;
-
+using Duplicati.Library.IO;
+
 namespace Duplicati.Library.Utility
 {
     /// <summary>
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Utility
         public TempFolder(string folder)
         {
             m_protect = false;
-            m_folder = Utility.AppendDirSeparator(folder);
+            m_folder = Util.AppendDirSeparator(folder);
             System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(m_folder);
         }
 
diff --git a/Duplicati/Library/Utility/Utility.cs b/Duplicati/Library/Utility/Utility.cs
index 7ccf8d359..5f384bc86 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Library/Utility/Utility.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/Library/Utility/Utility.cs
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
-
+using Duplicati.Library.IO;
+
 namespace Duplicati.Library.Utility
 {
     public static class Utility
@@ -162,7 +163,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Utility
         /// <returns>A list of the full filenames</returns>
         public static IEnumerable<string> EnumerateFiles(string basepath, IFilter filter)
         {
-            return EnumerateFileSystemEntries(basepath, filter).Where(x => !x.EndsWith(DirectorySeparatorString, StringComparison.Ordinal));
+            return EnumerateFileSystemEntries(basepath, filter).Where(x => !x.EndsWith(Util.DirectorySeparatorString, StringComparison.Ordinal));
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -174,7 +175,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Utility
         /// <returns>A list of the full paths</returns>
         public static IEnumerable<string> EnumerateFolders(string basepath, IFilter filter)
         {
-            return EnumerateFileSystemEntries(basepath, filter).Where(x => x.EndsWith(DirectorySeparatorString, StringComparison.Ordinal));
+            return EnumerateFileSystemEntries(basepath, filter).Where(x => x.EndsWith(Util.DirectorySeparatorString, StringComparison.Ordinal));
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -260,7 +261,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Utility
 
             if (IsFolder(rootpath, attributeReader))
             {
-                rootpath = AppendDirSeparator(rootpath);
+                rootpath = Util.AppendDirSeparator(rootpath);
                 try
                 {
 
@@ -280,7 +281,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Utility
 
                 while (lst.Count > 0)
                 {
-                    var f = AppendDirSeparator(lst.Pop());
+                    var f = Util.AppendDirSeparator(lst.Pop());
 
                     yield return f;
 
@@ -288,7 +289,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Utility
                     {
                         foreach (var s in folderList(f))
                         {
-                            var sf = AppendDirSeparator(s);
+                            var sf = Util.AppendDirSeparator(s);
                             try
                             {
                                 var attr = attributeReader?.Invoke(sf) ?? FileAttributes.Directory;
@@ -412,7 +413,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Utility
         /// (note that this returns false if the two argument paths are identical!)</returns>
         public static bool IsPathBelowFolder(string fileOrFolderPath, string parentFolder)
         {
-            var sanitizedParentFolder = AppendDirSeparator(parentFolder);
+            var sanitizedParentFolder = Util.AppendDirSeparator(parentFolder);
             return fileOrFolderPath.StartsWith(sanitizedParentFolder, ClientFilenameStringComparison) && 
                    !fileOrFolderPath.Equals(sanitizedParentFolder, ClientFilenameStringComparison);
         }
@@ -434,9 +435,9 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Utility
             var last = path.LastIndexOf(Path.DirectorySeparatorChar, len);
             if (last == -1 || last == 0 && len == 0)
                 return null;
-
+            
             if (last == 0 && !IsClientWindows)
-                return DirectorySeparatorString;
+                return Util.DirectorySeparatorString;
 
             var parent = path.Substring(0, last);
 
@@ -518,43 +519,6 @@ namespace Duplicati.Library.Utility
             return EnumerateFolders(folder, filter).Sum((path) => new FileInfo(path).Length);
         }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// A cached instance of the directory separator as a string
-        /// </summary>
-        public static readonly string DirectorySeparatorString = Path.DirectorySeparatorChar.ToString();
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Appends the appropriate directory separator to paths, depending on OS.
-        /// Does not append the separator if the path already ends with it.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="path">The path to append to</param>
-        /// <returns>The path with the directory separator appended</returns>
-        public static string AppendDirSeparator(string path)
-        {
-            return AppendDirSeparator(path, DirectorySeparatorString);
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Appends the specified directory separator to paths.
-        /// Does not append the separator if the path already ends with it.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="path">The path to append to</param>
-        /// <param name="separator">The directory separator to use</param>
-        /// <returns>The path with the directory separator appended</returns>
-        public static string AppendDirSeparator(string path, string separator)
-        {
-            return !path.EndsWith(separator, StringComparison.Ordinal) ? path + separator : path;
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Guesses the directory separator from the path
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="path">The path to guess the separator from</param>
-        /// <returns>The guessed directory separator</returns>
-        public static string GuessDirSeparator(string path)
-        {
-            return string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(path) || path.StartsWith("/", StringComparison.Ordinal) ? "/" : "\\";
-        }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Some streams can return a number that is less than the requested number of bytes.
diff --git a/Duplicati/Server/Program.cs b/Duplicati/Server/Program.cs
index 1e9362197..4dbd8ee54 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Server/Program.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/Server/Program.cs
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
-
+using Duplicati.Library.IO;
+
 namespace Duplicati.Server
 {
     public class Program
@@ -570,7 +571,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Server
 #endif
             }
             else
-                DataFolder = Library.Utility.Utility.AppendDirSeparator(Environment.ExpandEnvironmentVariables(serverDataFolder).Trim('"'));
+                DataFolder = Util.AppendDirSeparator(Environment.ExpandEnvironmentVariables(serverDataFolder).Trim('"'));
 
             var sqliteVersion = new Version((string)Duplicati.Library.SQLiteHelper.SQLiteLoader.SQLiteConnectionType.GetProperty("SQLiteVersion").GetValue(null, null));
 
diff --git a/Duplicati/Server/WebServer/RESTMethods/Filesystem.cs b/Duplicati/Server/WebServer/RESTMethods/Filesystem.cs
index 46ed32177..375197de6 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Server/WebServer/RESTMethods/Filesystem.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/Server/WebServer/RESTMethods/Filesystem.cs
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Server.WebServer.RESTMethods
             try
             {
                 if (path != "" && path != "/")
-                    path = Duplicati.Library.Utility.Utility.AppendDirSeparator(path);
+                    path = Util.AppendDirSeparator(path);
 
                 IEnumerable<Serializable.TreeNode> res;
 
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.Server.WebServer.RESTMethods
                     var accessible = isFile || canAccess(s);
                     var isLeaf = isFile || !accessible || isEmptyFolder(s);
 
-                    var rawid = isFolder ? Library.Utility.Utility.AppendDirSeparator(s) : s;
+                    var rawid = isFolder ? Util.AppendDirSeparator(s) : s;
                     if (skipFiles && !isFolder)
                         continue;
 
diff --git a/Duplicati/Server/WebServer/Server.cs b/Duplicati/Server/WebServer/Server.cs
index f66942374..ac22391ef 100644
--- a/Duplicati/Server/WebServer/Server.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/Server/WebServer/Server.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using HttpServer.HttpModules;
@@ -248,9 +248,9 @@ namespace Duplicati.Server.WebServer
                 if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(userroot)
                     &&
                     (
-                        userroot.StartsWith(Library.Utility.Utility.AppendDirSeparator(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location), Library.Utility.Utility.ClientFilenameStringComparison)
+                        userroot.StartsWith(Util.AppendDirSeparator(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location), Library.Utility.Utility.ClientFilenameStringComparison)
                         ||
-                        userroot.StartsWith(Library.Utility.Utility.AppendDirSeparator(Program.StartupPath), Library.Utility.Utility.ClientFilenameStringComparison)
+                        userroot.StartsWith(Util.AppendDirSeparator(Program.StartupPath), Library.Utility.Utility.ClientFilenameStringComparison)
                     )
                 )
 #endif
diff --git a/Duplicati/UnitTest/Duplicati.UnitTest.csproj b/Duplicati/UnitTest/Duplicati.UnitTest.csproj
index 936e556f0..28ef4eb37 100644
--- a/Duplicati/UnitTest/Duplicati.UnitTest.csproj
+++ b/Duplicati/UnitTest/Duplicati.UnitTest.csproj
@@ -176,6 +176,10 @@
       <Project>{5489181D-950C-44AF-873C-45EB0A3B6BD2}</Project>
       <Name>Duplicati.Library.Backend.GoogleServices</Name>
     </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\Library\IO\Duplicati.Library.IO.csproj">
+      <Project>{D63E53E4-A458-4C2F-914D-92F715F58ACF}</Project>
+      <Name>Duplicati.Library.IO</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="packages.config" />
diff --git a/Duplicati/UnitTest/SVNCheckoutsTest.cs b/Duplicati/UnitTest/SVNCheckoutsTest.cs
index c7243584e..e1a6e3d27 100644
--- a/Duplicati/UnitTest/SVNCheckoutsTest.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/UnitTest/SVNCheckoutsTest.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#region Disclaimer / License
+#region Disclaimer / License
 // Copyright (C) 2015, The Duplicati Team
 // http://www.duplicati.com, info@duplicati.com
 // 
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ using System.Text;
 using Duplicati.Library.Logging;
 using Duplicati.Library.Utility;
 using System.Linq;
-
+using Duplicati.Library.IO;
+
 namespace Duplicati.UnitTest
 {
     /// <summary>
@@ -305,12 +306,12 @@ namespace Duplicati.UnitTest
                                             if (!f.StartsWith(usingFHWithRestore ? fhtempsource : folders[i], Utility.ClientFilenameStringComparison))
                                                 throw new Exception(string.Format("Unexpected file found: {0}, path is not a subfolder for {1}", f, folders[i]));
 
-                                            f = f.Substring(Utility.AppendDirSeparator(usingFHWithRestore ? fhtempsource : folders[i]).Length);
+                                            f = f.Substring(Util.AppendDirSeparator(usingFHWithRestore ? fhtempsource : folders[i]).Length);
 
                                             do
                                             {
                                                 f = System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(f);
-                                                partialFolders[Utility.AppendDirSeparator(f)] = null;
+                                                partialFolders[Util.AppendDirSeparator(f)] = null;
                                             } while (f.IndexOf(System.IO.Path.DirectorySeparatorChar) > 0);
                                         }
 
@@ -321,11 +322,11 @@ namespace Duplicati.UnitTest
 
                                         List<string> filterlist;
 
-                                        var tfe = Utility.AppendDirSeparator(usingFHWithRestore ? fhtempsource : folders[i]);
+                                        var tfe = Util.AppendDirSeparator(usingFHWithRestore ? fhtempsource : folders[i]);
 
                                         filterlist = (from n in partialFolders.Keys
                                                       where !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(n) && n != System.IO.Path.DirectorySeparatorChar.ToString()
-                                                      select Utility.AppendDirSeparator(System.IO.Path.Combine(tfe, n)))
+                                                      select Util.AppendDirSeparator(System.IO.Path.Combine(tfe, n)))
                                                       .Union(testfiles) //Add files with full path
                                                       .Union(new string[] { tfe }) //Ensure root folder is included
                                                       .Distinct()
@@ -367,7 +368,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.UnitTest
                             continue;
                         if (s == logfilename)
                             continue;                        
-                        if (s.StartsWith(Utility.AppendDirSeparator(tf), StringComparison.Ordinal))
+                        if (s.StartsWith(Util.AppendDirSeparator(tf), StringComparison.Ordinal))
                             continue;
 
                         Log.WriteWarningMessage(LOGTAG, "LeftOverTempFile", null, "Found left-over temp file: {0}", s.Substring(tempdir.Length));
@@ -381,7 +382,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.UnitTest
                     }
 
                     foreach (string s in Utility.EnumerateFolders(tempdir))
-                        if (!s.StartsWith(Utility.AppendDirSeparator(tf), StringComparison.Ordinal) && Utility.AppendDirSeparator(s) != Utility.AppendDirSeparator(tf) && Utility.AppendDirSeparator(s) != Utility.AppendDirSeparator(tempdir))
+                        if (!s.StartsWith(Util.AppendDirSeparator(tf), StringComparison.Ordinal) && Util.AppendDirSeparator(s) != Util.AppendDirSeparator(tf) && Util.AppendDirSeparator(s) != Util.AppendDirSeparator(tempdir))
                         {
                             Log.WriteWarningMessage(LOGTAG, "LeftOverTempFolder", null, "Found left-over temp folder: {0}", s.Substring(tempdir.Length));
                             BasicSetupHelper.ProgressWriteLine("Found left-over temp folder: {0}", s.Substring(tempdir.Length));
diff --git a/Duplicati/UnitTest/TestUtils.cs b/Duplicati/UnitTest/TestUtils.cs
index ae0fd1eac..93fd67d03 100644
--- a/Duplicati/UnitTest/TestUtils.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/UnitTest/TestUtils.cs
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ using Duplicati.Library.Utility;
 using System.Linq;
 using Duplicati.Library.Logging;
 using System.Reflection;
-
+using Duplicati.Library.IO;
+
 namespace Duplicati.UnitTest
 {
     public static class TestUtils
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ namespace Duplicati.UnitTest
         /// <param name="targetfolder">Destination directory path</param>
         public static void CopyDirectoryRecursive(string sourcefolder, string targetfolder)
         {
-            sourcefolder = Library.Utility.Utility.AppendDirSeparator(sourcefolder);
+            sourcefolder = Util.AppendDirSeparator(sourcefolder);
 
             var work = new Queue<string>();
             work.Enqueue(sourcefolder);
@@ -150,8 +151,8 @@ namespace Duplicati.UnitTest
         public static void VerifyDir(string f1, string f2, bool verifymetadata)
         {
             var anymissing = false;
-            f1 = Utility.AppendDirSeparator(f1);
-            f2 = Utility.AppendDirSeparator(f2);
+            f1 = Util.AppendDirSeparator(f1);
+            f2 = Util.AppendDirSeparator(f2);
 
             var folders1 = Utility.EnumerateFolders(f1);
             var folders2 = Utility.EnumerateFolders(f2).ToList();
diff --git a/Duplicati/UnitTest/UtilityTests.cs b/Duplicati/UnitTest/UtilityTests.cs
index af02af441..65b3db4e2 100644
--- a/Duplicati/UnitTest/UtilityTests.cs
+++ b/Duplicati/UnitTest/UtilityTests.cs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 //  License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 //  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
 using Duplicati.Library.Utility;
+using Duplicati.Library.IO;
 using NUnit.Framework;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
@@ -29,26 +30,26 @@ namespace Duplicati.UnitTest
         public static void AppendDirSeparator()
         {
             const string noTrailingSlash = @"/a\b/c";
-            string hasTrailingSlash = noTrailingSlash + Utility.DirectorySeparatorString;
+            string hasTrailingSlash = noTrailingSlash + Util.DirectorySeparatorString;
 
             string alternateSeparator = null;
-            if (String.Equals(Utility.DirectorySeparatorString, "/", StringComparison.Ordinal))
+            if (String.Equals(Util.DirectorySeparatorString, "/", StringComparison.Ordinal))
             {
                 alternateSeparator = @"\";
             }
-            if (String.Equals(Utility.DirectorySeparatorString, @"\", StringComparison.Ordinal))
+            if (String.Equals(Util.DirectorySeparatorString, @"\", StringComparison.Ordinal))
             {
                 alternateSeparator = "/";
             }
 
-            Assert.AreEqual(hasTrailingSlash, Utility.AppendDirSeparator(noTrailingSlash));
-            Assert.AreEqual(hasTrailingSlash, Utility.AppendDirSeparator(hasTrailingSlash));
-            Assert.AreEqual(hasTrailingSlash, Utility.AppendDirSeparator(noTrailingSlash), Utility.DirectorySeparatorString);
-            Assert.AreEqual(hasTrailingSlash, Utility.AppendDirSeparator(hasTrailingSlash), Utility.DirectorySeparatorString);
+            Assert.AreEqual(hasTrailingSlash, Util.AppendDirSeparator(noTrailingSlash));
+            Assert.AreEqual(hasTrailingSlash, Util.AppendDirSeparator(hasTrailingSlash));
+            Assert.AreEqual(hasTrailingSlash, Util.AppendDirSeparator(noTrailingSlash), Util.DirectorySeparatorString);
+            Assert.AreEqual(hasTrailingSlash, Util.AppendDirSeparator(hasTrailingSlash), Util.DirectorySeparatorString);
 
-            Assert.AreEqual(noTrailingSlash + alternateSeparator, Utility.AppendDirSeparator(noTrailingSlash, alternateSeparator));
-            Assert.AreEqual(noTrailingSlash + alternateSeparator, Utility.AppendDirSeparator(noTrailingSlash + alternateSeparator, alternateSeparator));
-            Assert.AreEqual(hasTrailingSlash + alternateSeparator, Utility.AppendDirSeparator(hasTrailingSlash, alternateSeparator));
+            Assert.AreEqual(noTrailingSlash + alternateSeparator, Util.AppendDirSeparator(noTrailingSlash, alternateSeparator));
+            Assert.AreEqual(noTrailingSlash + alternateSeparator, Util.AppendDirSeparator(noTrailingSlash + alternateSeparator, alternateSeparator));
+            Assert.AreEqual(hasTrailingSlash + alternateSeparator, Util.AppendDirSeparator(hasTrailingSlash, alternateSeparator));
         }
 
         [Test]